Animal-trap.



No. 666,233. Patented lan. I5, |90I. A. LINDEMANN.

ANIMAL TRAP.

(Application filed Mar. 23, 1900.)

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ANIMAL TRAP.

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ANIMAL-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,233, dated January15, 1901.

Application filed March 23, 1900. Serial No. 9,969. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTON LINDEMANN, merchant, a subject of the GermanEmperor, residing at No. 23 Cellerstrasse, Hanover,Ger many, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Animal-Traps, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The presentinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements inanimal-traps in which the trapped animals are precipitated into thereceptacle by means of tipping passages or channels; and it has for oneobject to simplify and cheapen the construction and to render moreefficient, durable, and serviceable in operation this class ofanimal-traps.

A special object of the invention is to improve the construction of thetipping passages-or channels in such a manner that the animal which hasentered one orthe other of the tipping channels is invisible to otheranimals outside.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the peculiarcombination and in the novel construction, arrangement, and adaption ofparts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in theaccompanying drawings, and then specically defined in the appendedclaim.

Referring to the annexed drawings, Figure l illustrates a perspectiveView of my improved trap. Fig. 2 shows avertical section through thetrap. Fig. 3 illustrates a section on line A B of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4shows a vertical section through a trap intended for domestic use forcatching mice.

Into the vessel a for the reception of the trapped animals the trap,fitted with a lower edge b in accordance with the configuration of thevessel a, is inserted. On the center of the lid c of the trap a dome eis placed, transverse to the longitudinal direction thereof, said domebeing closed by a slide d. In the dome e the hooks f for suspending thebait are arranged. The entrances to the trap are formed by verticalwalls g, extending to dome e. In the various entrances the swingingbottom plates h are located, which extend to the center of the dome c,beneath the baithooks f. These bottom plates h are pivoted at c' to theedges of the cross-ledges la, a connterweight Z being provided on theexternal end of the plates h, so as to balance same. Between theexternal edge of the fipping plate h and the pivots c' a transverse rodm may be situated in eyes y, formed at the sides of said plate h. Spikesn, pointing toward the interior of the trap, are fitted on thistransverse rod m, normally resting on the bottom plate h. Through anaperture pin the tipping plate h, beneath the transverse rod m, a bar ortongue o extends, which is linked to the rod fm. At the two longitudinalsides of the trap receptacles r are provided, which are covered by awire gauze or netting q, said receptacles r containing bait to attractthe animals, this bait, however, being inaccessible to them.

Myimproved trap operates in the following manner: An animal, attractedby the sight or flavor of the bait in the trap, having entered one orthe other of the passages leading to the bait suspended in the dome e,on passing the fulcrum of the tipping bottom h causes the internal endof the latter to tip downward so that the animal will slide off thebottom h and be precipitated into the receptacle 01,. In

the tipping of the bottom plate h the front or external end of same israised, so that the bar o, which, owing to its weight, remains restingon the plate lla or the ground, causes the transverse rod m to which itis linked, and with same the spikes n,which are secured to the latter,to turn upward. This prevents the trapped animals from retreat from thepassages, as in the attempt to escape they will encounter the sharppoints of the spikes n, which causes them to turn back, so that they areforced to be precipitated into the receptacle d. As soon as the anim alhas reached the receptacle a the tipping plate h, owing to the provisionof the connterweight Z, previously referred to, returns to its formerposition, which simultaneously causes the bar o to turn the transverserod m, and with same the spikes n, to their origin al positions on thebottom of the plate h. A special advantage ofthe trap as hereinbeforedescribed consists in the external end of the bottom plate h beingtipped upward when in action, which prevents the animals outside thetrap from witnessing the precipitation or disappearance of the trappedanimals into the receptacle d.

In the construction of the somewhat-modifled trap for domestic useillustrated in Fig.

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4 in a vertical section the vessel a for the reception of the trappedanimals is placed on the floor, and this trap is suitably provided withentrances on one'side only. In front of the entrances a receptacle z5,covered on top by a gauze lid s, is provided for the reception of thebait, access being had to the interior of this receptacle bythe bottomslide u. Lateral ears o on the trap serve for hooking therein a gangwayw, resting ou the floor. To facilitateM access to the trap, it issuitable to cover the gangway w with Wire-gauze x or the like to preventthe animals from slipping oi.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what man ner the saine is to be performed, I declarethat what I claim is- In au animal-trap of the kind referred to, thecombination with a countervveighted tipping bottoni for the passagesaffording access to the bait suspended in the interior of the trap, of atransverse rod pivoted in ears at the sides of said tipping bottom, ofspikes linked to said transverse rod and of a heavy bar secured t0 thetransverse rod and extending through an aperture in the tipping bottomso as to rest on the ground of the trap for the purpose of turning thespikes upward lhen the bottom is being tipped, substantially asdescribed and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ANTON LINDEMANN.

Witnesses:

LnoNoRE KAscH, JAY WHITE.

